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We all have our lazy days. Some of us more than others, and I guess my name must be pretty high on the lazy people database. On most days, I am in no mood to cook dinner. Summer offers many options to eat out, but with winter setting in in earnest now, its so much effort to bundle up and go out in the cold to eat (and if its snowing, there’s the added job of scraping the snow from the windshield) that suddenly staying in starts to look very tempting. But alas, eat we must. And tasty it must be (there is absolutely no compromise on that). Continue reading →

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The first time I heard about Risotto, my first thought was, ‘So, the Italians make khichadi too!’ And indeed it is just that. But so much cooler! I mean, one puts wine in it. And cheese. And asparagus.

I am, by no means, any kind of authority on risotto. The packet of Arborio rice came home from the supermarket and sat on the pantry shelves for a good two months before I summoned up the courage to have a shot at cooking risotto. Continue reading →